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CORDONNET n.
Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
CORNET n. 9 definitions
valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.
CORNET-A-PISTON n.
trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
CORNETCY n.
The commission or rank of a cornet.
CORNETER n.
One who blows a cornet.
CORONET n. 3 definitions
nty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.
CORONETED a.
Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.
COUSSINET n. 2 definitions
A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
CRINEL; CRINET n.
A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.
CRONET n.
The coronet of a horse.
CROSS-GARNET n.
A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
CROWNET n. 2 definitions
A coronet. [R.] P. Whitehead.
CUNETTE n.
A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
CUSHIONET n.
A little cushion.
CYGNET n.
A young swan. Shak.
CYTOGENIC; CYTOGENETIC a.
Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.
DAPHNETIN n.
A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.
DAY-NET n.
A net for catching small birds.
DEMAGNETIZE v. 2 definitions
To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize. If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. A. Cyc.
DEMONETIZATION n.
The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.
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